Note: this keyboard layout is published courtesy of its author, Mr
Barun Kumar.

You can use the installer package to deploy this keyboard layout without
any restrictions. Free Demo
version can be used to make changes and test them. To deploy a modified version,
a Premium, Personal or
Lite edition is needed.

The multilingual Hindi / English keyboard enables writing in both
Hindi (Devangari alphabet) and English (standard US layout). The two layouts are
switched between using the togglable KANA,
which is mapped to the left Windows key (see Multi-lingual
English / French keyboard for a detailed explanation of this technique).

The Devangari alphabet contains significantly more letters than
there are "letter-like" keys on the standard keyboard. To make up for the
shortfall, many keys normally reserved for special functions are remapped to
serve as Devangari letters: function keys F1-F12, context menu, Insert, Home,
Delete, PgUp, PgDn, PrintScreen, ScrollLock.

All of these keys originally have
"non-mappable" virtual key codes - it was necessary to give them
unused mappable VK codes before
Devangari letters could be assigned in the High-level
editor.

You can use this example in its original form by simply
importing its KBE file - of course,
nothing prevents you from further customizing it to better suit your needs (see
Examples for general guidelines).

The accompanying Excel document
Hindi_English_xls.zip contains
stickers for all keys - you can simply print it out, cut individual stickers and
glue them to corresponding key caps.

KANA ON state - Hindi

KANA ON Shift state - less commonly used Hindi characters

KANA OFF state - US English

Special keys (F1-F12, Insert, PrintScreen etc) are given unused
mappable VK codes (like
VK_ZOOM) to make them available for Devangari letters